Lawrence Hargrave Quotes

But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.

You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.

I do indeed write on the road. My laptop goes with me everywhere.

Home has always been wherever I am. I'm not very attached to walls - or people, for that matter - so I've always loved travelling around. A book in my back pocket, a diary, and a pen is all I need to call any place home.

I needed to create something I could take with me wherever I went.

To me, the greatest invention of my lifetime is the laptop computer and the fact that I can be working on a book and be in an airport lounge, in a hotel room, and continue working; I fire up my laptop, and I'm in exactly the same place I was when I left home - that, to me, is a miracle.

I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write.

Going from having an Atari to a laptop changed everything. It allows me to work anywhere I want and send my work home - I can work anywhere in the world.

I'm a great fan of taking my laptop out and about.

So much better to write pen on paper; you can do it anywhere, say, while stuck at the airport.

I'm as much my own master as anyone can be, without being the master of others. I can write anywhere - all I need is a couple of hours of solitude and a computer, and I can write a chapter. Since my work is portable, I can live anywhere I like.

If 'Chicago Fire' goes for a long run, maybe I'll look for a place, but in my line of work, you can't throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. I'm not big on 'things,' though, so I don't own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldn't know where to put them.

To read a paper book is another experience: you can do it on a ship, on the branch of a tree, on your bed, even if there is a blackout.

Of course, there are benefits to having prosthetics. I can make myself as tall as I want. I can wear flip-flops in the snow if I wanted to. There's benefits.

We're really lucky because we have a portable studio, which enables us to work wherever we like. There is some extra work involved in setting everything up, but you can find a lot of magic and inspiration in being free to go somewhere completely different.

To play with mobility is what matters.

I'm on the road a lot, so I'm always carrying resistance bands with me. I use them in hotels and even on Uber rides or on the plane.

Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.

The main reason I went to digital was because I got time-lapse, video, and still images all in one camera. Having a minimal amount of gear is really important for someone who wants to walk around. That allowed me to have this flexibility to document things in different ways.

If you get basics that can be switched and piece it together, that is so important.

You should own nothing except what you can carry on your back at a dead run.

Wherever I am on location, I can usually, even in the weirdest little places, find a recording studio.

I'm going to design the container and interior spaces. You bring your own stuff to it and make it your own.

I am always working on the go.

Portability should be the default.